A Good Beginning

We arrived safely last Thursday and it's been a whirlwind ever since. We feel comfortable here, which I find so surprising, I mean, think about it we're 12 hours from home, barely speak the language, don't know the money or the city, we were met at the airport by our wonderful cousin Elise who has been living here but outside of her we really don't know anyone and yet Lex and I feel safe here.....at peace. So far we've been able to accomplish everything we needed to do with ease we met with the doctors, found an apartment and have navigated the city with no issues. We've actually had a very nice 4 days Dr. Slavin said " rest up, get over the jet-lag, we will begin on Monday," so we used the time to apartment hunt, explore the city and thanks to our pilot friend Matt we were even treated to a 1 hour flight around Tel Aviv in a tiny plane-it only seats 4 people and I only felt airsick at the end! This is a good beginning, everyone we have met has been exceptionally kind and we are feeling hopeful.

The medical tests began yesterday with bloodtests on both of us and then Lex had biopsy today, the doctors are gathering information and will proceed with her treatment based on the data they collect. But we are free this afternoon and our plan is to begin feathering our cozy little nest.